Category Archives: Policing
Police WILL be under democratic control
For over forty years the police have too often evaded democratic oversight of their operations by pointing to a 1968 judgment by Lord Denning (R v Metropolitan Police Commissioner, ex parte Blackburn [1968] 1 All ER 763) On Monday the … Continue reading
Restoring British Freedoms
The police must be supported in their vital work upholding the rule of law. However this does not mean that we should compromise our freedoms which ultimately the rule of law is there to achieve. After a mere eighteen months … Continue reading
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EU Referendum now ‘When, Not If’
We are told that the Foreign Office Sir Humphrey has asked each government department to report on opportunities (and inevitably for the FO ‘risks’) to repatriate powers from the EU. The fact that every department is involved shows how far … Continue reading
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Mark Reckless welcomes the introduction of directly-elected Commissioners to help fight crime in Rochester and Strood
Mark Reckless MP for Rochester and Strood welcomes the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act which received Royal Assent on 15 September 2011. The Act will introduce directly-elected Police and Crime Commissioners which will make police forces truly accountable to their communities by: … Continue reading
Conservatives and LibDems v Sir Humphrey
Last night I went on Newsnight to discuss tensions in the coalition. I made the point that we will not allow the LibDems to block the historic opportunity which the Euro zone crisis gives us to take powers back from … Continue reading
Reckless Raises Questions To The CPS
Earlier this week, as part of the Home Affairs Committee evidence session into unauthorised hacking by News International, Mark had the opportunity to question Lord Macdonald, the former Director of Public Prosecutions, and Keir Starmer, the current DPP. On Wednesday … Continue reading
What About The CPS?
There have been top level resignations at both the Metropolitan Police and News International. But what about the CPS? I just asked ex-Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner: “Mr Yates, you explained when we started our inquiry in September that CPS advice … Continue reading
Police Playing Politics Again
Sir Paul Stephenson made the right decision last night to resign and take responsibility for his force’s mistakes and, at least as importantly, his own mistakes as Metropolitan Police Commissioner. Listen to Mark Reckless on Westminster Hour – Click Here … Continue reading
Who is in charge, ministers or ACPO?
Today one of the government’s strongest ministers, Nick Herbert, had to come to the House of Commons to make an emergency statement about a matter on which he had been kept in the dark by his officials. For at least … Continue reading
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